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Investigators from HMRC joined more than 100 Romanian police officers to arrest the 13 Romanian suspects in the counties of Ilfov, Giurgiu and Calarasi. 

The latest release of the xAI LLM, Grok-4, has already fallen to a sophisticated jailbreak.

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Microsoft shows attack against AMD processors, SentinelOne details latest ZuRu macOS malware version, Indian APT DoNot targets governments. 

With IPOs taking longer than ever, the venture firm’s fund aims to keep startup veterans motivated while staying private.

The EU code is voluntary and complements the EU’s AI Act, a comprehensive set of regulations that was approved last year and is taking effect in phases.

Two vulnerabilities in an internal API allowed unauthorized access to contacts and chats, exposing the information of 64 million McDonald’s applicants.

Wing FTP Server vulnerability CVE-2025-47812 can be exploited for arbitrary command execution with root or system privileges.

The Irish Data Privacy Commission announced that TikTok is facing a new European Union privacy investigation into user data sent to China.

Since August 2015, Google has delivered a constant stream of monthly security patches for Android. Until July 2025.

Researchers demonstrated GPUHammer — a Rowhammer attack against GPUs — by degrading the accuracy of machine learning models.

Details have been disclosed for an eSIM hacking method that could impact many, but the industry is taking action.

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Jessica Newman has joined Sophos as General Manager of Global Cyber Insurance.

Breach and attack simulation solutions provider AttackIQ has appointed Pete Luban as Field Chief Information Security Officer.

Matthew Cowell has assumed the role of VP of Strategic Alliances at Nozomi Networks. He previously served in the same role at Dragos.

Bret Arsenault is retiring from his full-time role after 35 years at Microsoft.

Social engineering defense platform Doppel has appointed Bobby Ford as Chief Strategy and Experience Officer.

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Since August 2015, Google has delivered a constant stream of monthly security patches for Android. Until July 2025.

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Details have been disclosed for an eSIM hacking method that could impact many, but the industry is taking action.

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PCA Cyber Security has discovered critical vulnerabilities in the BlueSDK Bluetooth stack that could have allowed remote code execution on car systems.

Nippon Steel Solutions has disclosed a data breach that resulted from the exploitation of a zero-day in network equipment.

Xu Zewei has been arrested on charges that he is a member of the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Hafnium (Silk Typhoon).

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The makers of the notorious Citadel Trojan continue to innovate, this time adding a new feature designed to help botmasters have smoother interactions with their victims.

TOKYO - Japan's most senior policeman began an embarrassing climbdown Thursday after his officers arrested four people over cyber threats issued when their computers were apparently hacked. Emails containing threats to attack targets including a school and a kindergarten attended by Emperor Akihito's grandchildren were sent from infected computers in different parts of the country.

Defense contractor Northrop Grumman said Wednesday that it has been awarded a contract to build a cyber test range for the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Canberra campus at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) in Australia.

SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Wednesday gave its users a first-ever view of its data centers, with a virtual visit of its server farms around the world from the US heartland to Finland. The Internet giant posted a series of photographs and "street views" of a half-dozen data centers on a page called "Where the Internet Lives".

Akamai Technologies has released its State of the Internet report for the second quarter of 2012, based on data collected from its massive global network. While Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 188 unique countries, the highest level of observed attacks originated in the Asia/Pacific region, over the quarter, the report found.

WikiLeaks appears to be losing support within the Anonymous collective. In recent days, members have voiced displeasure with WikiLeaks' decision to put data behind a paywall. The move triggered criticism on Twitter and elsewhere from Anonymous members.

Burlington, Wash. officials admitted that cyber-criminals had stolen more than $400,000 from the city's bank account and also obtained individual financial data belonging to employees and some residents.

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